Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-01-05
PALMISTRY As AN ART.
What Ono Of It's Regular Pro-
fossors Says About It.
Chicago Tribunal

Chicago Tribune1
To some people the whimsical study OF
palmistry Is worry fascinating thing. IL
was popular with the ancseuts, who
formed the rules by which tho lines arc
read, and Mt present II Is one Of the pleas
ures of fashionable young ladies'. many Of
them spending hours in old libraries hunt
inc up facts about the hand.
Gross my right hand with silver and
give me your left hand and I'll tell you
your fortune" il often heard from the lips
OF pretty glrl these evenings, when quiet
hours spent around tho drawing-room are
so popular. The silver is given and the
left hand turned up for inspection.
Sentimental young people delight in this
form Of amusement. The young lady who
has just begun the study Of palmistry is
one Of the most interesting students. she
has perfect belief in what the lines inCh
cate, so she takes the young mans strong
hand between her own two dimpled ones
and bends her bright eyes overt IL.
well, let me see. You've an awfully
nixed-Sp hand, don't you known with 9
soft glance upward. Now, hold your
hand still How do yOu expect one 10 read
tho lines when you double your fingers
upl or with delightful little shrek
you've quite good heart, do you know
But how awful See, you are 40 tickle
your heart branches out in dozen differ
ent directions I'm ashamed OF you.
never knew you were tickle" in u very
reproachful tone.
'Oh, well, I'm not" says the young man
'thc old lines prcvaricatc. But go on"
"Oh, no, they do not" says the young
lady; figures never prcvaricatc, and lineS
don't either, am sure"
There arc regular rules for tho study Of
hand-rcading. The long slender hand
with tapering fingers, is called the .'cleri.
cal hand" ard in generally found among
people who devote their time or whose
tendencies are toward the higher intel
lcctual and spiritual pursuits, such as
clcrgymon. poets, authors Of high htera.
turo and scientists. The s'sOldicr hand" il
well shaped, but Is broad, aud the fingers
arc noticeably long. This kind Of n hand
h found among people who have force OF
character, executive ability and quick in.
telligvncc, although IL Is not Of the highest
order.
The hnger-nails even have much 10 dc
with the character. Most musicians, art
SIS and people clever with their fingers
have what are known as spatulated nails,
rather short and broad, tho fingers broad.
ening at tho tips. Tho thumb plays an i'm.
portant part i'm tho reading nt character.
Persons easily Tod AMI influenced have a
small upper joint TO the thumb, but good
reasoning powers, which Is denoted by the
length Of the second joint Tho thumb.
nail, N unusually large, shows unusual
will power. There are many other out
ward unusual signs before the palm Lines
sro read, and II Is seldom that these two
disagree.
prtnriDai tirc. mr., forrd or c,-o,,- -
sons hand, and those In the little pink
palms Of tho tinicst baby are "a well
marked as ON the horny palm % aye. y
noted student Of palmistry gives the fol.
lowing interesting directions for finding
cut the general characteristics Of per.
son;
"Thc headline, which il tho most impor.
tant, should he clearly marked 10 denote
what Ia called n level head, and should
ex5end beyond tho center Of tho palm tC
denote y brain better than the ordinary
When IL Just passes or reaches the center
IT tho palm the intelligence is only ordi
nary. n the line keeps one course IL show:
ono aim In life, but this Is unusual II Il
goes out into two or thrcc forks II show,
an inclination for many callings. and IL Il
bocomcs entirely lost In a labyrinth oi
marks II shows n person not especially
adapted 10 any thing In Particular.
Tho lifeline, whichis really tho next "
importance" continued. the professor, who
Isn't ut all sentimental, "is easily read
II u goes IN clear line from the head line
down to the wrist, u denotes good health
and long life. If broken of i'm the center
one will die when middlc-agcd, but, IL con
tinuod again, the break is merely an III
ness, and II n long break n very dangerou.
Illness. All breaks In the lifeline denote
Illness. when tho lifeline branches ou
from the main track, each branch denote:
descendant.
IL suppose should take the heart-lin,
noxtn said the professor. Indeed, will
young people it ~ The most interesting
When one has good and generous hear
the line must extend beyond what is Gale,
the ring finger. II the main line is doepl,
marked IL shows n person Of strong emo
tional tendencies. The tickle nature il
shown by the end OF tho heart-line. II thi
forks out In many directions IL shows. tn,
heart Is not steadfast, but when IL branche
out In one or two forks this does not show
ackloness, because, you know, very few
people love only one person.
THE TRAVELLING runs very close 10 tn
lifeline, and crosses the head. and hear
generally, but | have seen hands wher
this'linc was not visible. Toward the RICH
hnnd - the east, and toward the thumb
tho wcst The lifeline generally rum
north and'sOuth, and each break or offshoo
from itdenotcs journey in the direction 1
takes. IL long journey the break IL
long one, and In this way one can tell ex
Rctly how far they must travel OF course
there are thousands OF other lines on tn
hand by which ones fortune and histor,
can be read. even 20 the most minute de
tails, but those / have mentioned arc tn
most important ones. Palmistry Is n grea
study. greater than phrenology. and NOR
people are becoming converts TO Il oac
day"